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Beijing, December 13 report, 13th, at 10 o'clock in the morning, held the first National Memorial Day of the victims of the Nanjing massacre in China, Chinese President XI Jinping attended the ceremony and delivered an important speech. For the attention of international public opinion, comments generally believe that China solemnly commemorating victims of the Nanjing massacre to remember history, but with the foreign media, in sharp contrast to, Japan media quiet exceptions, rarely reported.

Agence France-Presse reported the main processes of the public memorial ceremony, citing XI's speech: "history will not change because of the changing times. The fact that anyone who wants to deny the Nanjing massacre, history will not promise, 300,000 souls of the innocent victims will not accept, the 1.3 billion Chinese people will not accept, all peace-and justice-loving people of the world have lately. ”

Agence France-Presse, noted that Sino-Japanese relations due to historical issues such as continuing tension in February this year, determined by law in China Sino-Japanese War Victory day and the establishment of a National Memorial to the victims of the Nanjing massacre. But Japan has not recognized the 300,000 people killed in the Nanjing massacre, prompting China history strongly blaming.

Associated press in China this year to improve the observance of the relevant specifications, and bearing in mind the important wartime events, while Sino-Japanese relations remains in the doldrums. XI Jinping, China's President and other leaders to attend the Memorial, also shows that China is striving to awaken to Japan when memory of the barbaric acts of aggression.

Reuters also commented, pointing out that in the past year, Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the shrine Jin caused Sino-Japanese tensions, held high profile anniversary of the Nanjing massacre in China this year, is deeper this symbol highlights.

Germany global news articles published on 12th, on December 13, 1937 "is the darkest day in the history of China." The Nanjing massacre is considered to be tied with Auschwitz and Hiroshima bombing incidents, the so-called three major tragedies during World War II, also known as "Asia's Auschwitz". Japan tends to shy away from this historical fact. China held a national memorial service for the first time this year, hoping to remember the history and national education.

Contrasting with the European and American media are Japan domestic media this seems abnormal quiet. Memorial Day (December 12), Japan six major newspapers about the Nanjing massacre and China National Memorial Day barely reported. Japan domestic Internet media only quoted Chinese media reports, see no reviews in the local media.

Japan's Waseda University scholars, a political analysis, said that in recent years, Japan textbook on the history of the Nanjing massacre or mention or obfuscation, the public knows very little. Different from the well known comfort women issues such as Nanjing killed at the Japan nationals have no conception. And Japan also started to convert certain forces policy. They argue that instead of wantonly denying repeatedly provoked public concern about this issue, rather than remain silent, completely so that this part of history in Japan disappeared. Japan left-wing media, not much information available about the incident, right-wing media have deliberately erased, so it appears Japan media "Nanjing great slasher" anniversary, China's national symbol being nasty disposition of strange phenomena.

(Original title: foreign media focus on China National Memorial Day Japan media rarely reports)

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